Vmware Products Rule! Both for Windows and OS X!

In the past, we’ve tried so hard to first use Microsoft products when available to fit a need.  However lately, we’ve come to realize that there are just some products that are better and worth taking a look at.  One of them is VMware.  We’ve been using Microsoft Virtual Server for over two years now.  Microsoft Virtual Server has worked OK, but its not been the best experience.

Recently when we moved our servers over to a new hosting provider and got ourselves 3 new 64 bit Servers with 8 gigs of RAM on each of them, we decided to use VMware Instead. All I can say is WOW, what a difference.  The configuration and performance has been outstanding.  Our development branch down in Mexico has also recently upgraded their servers to VMware too and based on my conversations with them also they love it better and can’t imagine switching back.

This weekend I decided to give VMware Fusion for the Mac a shot on my iMac. In the past I’ve used Parallels and for the most part its been pretty good.  Last Month, one of my clients who happen to be using a Mac and run Windows in Virtualization mode suggested I give VMware Fusion a chance.  My iMac also has Boot camp installed and I’m running WIndows XP (Remember I switched back!).  VMWare has a great feature that I can use the native partition as a Virtual Image.  The performance has been excellent! I get the best of both worlds.  I can run in Virtual Mode while in OSX but still boot into Windows natively if I need to something like requires heavy use of the GPU.   It’s been extremely stable and I would suggest to anyone who is considering Virtualization on the Mac, to take a look at VMware Fusion instead of Parallels.